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The government has announced the national minimum wage rates which will take effect on 1 October 2013.
It accepted most of the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission (LPC) with one exception; the LPC had recommended freezing the apprenticeship rate at £2.65 an hour, but the government has ... [Read All]

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In Romero Insurance Brokers Ltd v T. and another [2013], the High Court upheld a 12 month non-solicitation restrictive covenant in a senior insurance broker's contract, and awarded damages and an injunction to his former employer for the remaining period of the cov... [Read All]

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A draft statutory instrument to implement the new fees regime was laid before Parliament in April 2013. HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has published a letter to stakeholders, confirming that the implementation date for fees in the Employment tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal will be... [Read All]

The government has announced that it will be introducing a small-claims track for Intellectual Property cases in the Patents County Court.
The Hargreaves Review recommended that this measure be taken, reporting that some 17% of small and medium sized enterprises had given up attempting to enforce ... [Read All]

Plenty More LLP began an online dating service in 2006. In 2007 they applied for a figurative trade mark incorporating the words ‘Plenty More Fish’.
Canadian company Plentyoffish Media Inc opposed registration of the trade mark above, stating that they had acquired goodwill in the name.... [Read All]

Q: What connects princess of pop Kylie Minogue with the German brothers found guilty of murdering a well-known actor in the 90s?
A: The latest ECJ ruling on jurisdiction and choice of law in relation to the publication of harmful information on the internet.
The joint cases both related to harmful... [Read All]

Do you think you could recognise a Cadbury chocolate bar from the colour of the packaging alone? 44% of people made the association with no further prompting, according to a study presented to the Intellectual Property Office.
As a result of this familiarity, Cadbury has been allowed to lay claim t... [Read All]